Commentary Flush with capital from trade surpluses with the United States and other nations, China has embarked on a massive expansion to develop a global colonial empire. And that empire transcends the commercial to the geopolitical realm. Overseas investments in infrastructure to extend that empire provide the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with maximum diplomatic leverage. […]

The alarm bells around childhood anxiety and depression had already been sounding when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and struck a new blow upon the well-being of many of today’s kids. Michele Borba’s latest book, “Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine,” might be just the helping hand so many parents need […]

China’s plans to divert two trans-Himalayan rivers that sustain millions in downstream regions in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are adding to India’s burgeoning concerns, experts say, at a time when tensions along the China–India border continue to simmer. The experts say India should establish an “international multilateral framework” to deal with China’s plans, which include […]

Vice President Mike Pence said he believes Americans are “safer today” after the death of Iran’s top military general Qassem Soleimani. In an interview with CBS Evening News aired late Wednesday, host Norah O’Donnell asked Pence: “Everybody who’s related to one of those soldiers stationed in the Middle East is worried. Are we safer now?” […]

“I’m going to make a shitload of money.” Peter, a farmer, listened intently to the merchant banker boasting to the grandly-named Global Food Forum. Because the politicians had changed the rules under their National Water Initiative, the banker explained he’d been able to buy up a large number of agricultural water rights without owning any […]

The most ingenious arbiter of resource allocation is under attack around the globe: market pricing. In the cross hairs stands the peer-to-peer economy, which circumvents price controls, favoritism, and central planning. The intermediary platforms—Airbnb, Uber, Kickstarter, Turo, etc.—have enabled a flowering of mutually beneficial exchange. The beauty of these decentralized networks is surpassed only by […]

The Chinese economy is strange in many ways. Not only is it a hybrid between private capital and state control, but very few people directly invest in the mainland — and yet everybody is interested in how the second largest economy in the world is going to develop. That’s because Chinese demand determines the prices of […]

Much of the torrential rain that fell on Southern California this week flowed right into the ocean, just like it did before the state's epic drought.

The recent, sudden crash in prices in China's stock markets has led observers to suspect that political struggle in the Communist Party is afoot.

The latest GDP report indicates a slowdown in overall economic activity in the first quarter of 2014. Apologists for the Obama administration attribute the recent slowdown to unusual winter weather.

“Don’t forget to look up at the stars,” advised my cousin when I announced a trip to Mongolia. “They flash and twinkle like nowhere else.”

ew York City has a long history with ferry boats. Before the United States was a country or the five boroughs had joined, there was a network of ferries that operated throughout the waterways of the city.

After 15 years of Civil War, IndyCar, once the premier series in North America, needs anything but another split.

News about China as reported around the world.